Tag: SDLP
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DREAM ON!
Tom Kelly wrote an article on how the two main protagonists in our political system, according to the latest Lucid Poll, are losing their shine, that is, if you believed they ever shone brightly in the first place. The premise, according to Tom, is whether the so-called political middle ground can capitalise. Firstly, the current…
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For one day only at the MAC: The Yawn.
On the 25th of June 2026, I attended The Future of These Islands: Preparing for Change, a shindig organised by the SDLP. Let me start by saying I went in with low expectations, and they were fully met. The crowd were largely old Humeite SDLP members who, as expected, waxed lyrical about the opening two…
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TIME FOR THE PROLETARIAT TO RISE
I have just noticed that our great political commentators from both wings of our sectarian divide have had a eureka moment and have concluded that Stormont does not work. This has been true for at least a decade and a half, and in fact, it goes back to 1998 when this oxymoronic political structure was…
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Apologies, My End-of-Year Rant 2025
Once again, another embarrassing and tragic year for our species has passed. Firstly, let us start off with the genocide in Gaza, where the death toll passed 70,000, which includes 20,000 children and not yet counted the many thousands who remain under 50,000 tonnes of rubble. We have a ceasefire where all the October 7…
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